The Bockus Blog: Who wants to go ta.... Minnesota?

We just got back from our annual Minnesota trip and couldn't be missing it more! We spent two full weeks of bliss on Lake Vermillion. This was Addie's first official road trip and she did GREAT! We drove 16 hours in two days and Addie handled it like a champ. (Just FYI, we used a "the First Years" car bottle warmer and it worked like a charm) She took lots of naps and I sat in the back and played with her a lot. When we finally arrived in Minnesota the temperature was an amazingly wonderful 72 degrees! It even got down into the 60's at some point. We love going to Minnesota b/c we do a lot of relaxing, fishing and eating. This year was especially fun b/c Addie was with us. I felt like she reached a lot of milestones in Minnesota, which makes for great memories. We fed her solids (and by solids I mean something besides cereal) for the first time, she mastered sitting up, and she turned SIX MONTHS OLD! Addie also had her first boat ride (which she loved), her first dip in the lake (which she loved) and her first sip of water from a glass (which she loved). Her Uncle Andy got to spend some time with us in Minnesota too - Addie adores him! Hank and I also got to go on a date night while we were there and Grandma Teresa did most of Addie's morning feedings for me so that I could sleep in (thank you!!!) I also toted my bike and Henry's bike up this year and we got to do some riding. Hank, as usual, did not shave the entire trip and I caught the biggest fish this year (a 30" Northern - it was scarrrry). Also, Addie's great Uncle Randy took her 6 month pictures while we were there and they are incredible! I will post those soon.

The beginning of our road trip! (We actually bought this Minnesota T-shirt when we were there last year and I was preggers....we didn't know we were having a girl yet, so we bought something gender neutral that our little one could wear when we went this year)